IL-2 demo released.. 100+ MB.

[Ripsnort]

Deja, what town do you live in? Wife and I are head to O once new car arrives, for overnite, staying at Newport Beach, but will be hitting Evergreen and Tillicum enroute...no dates certain yet, most likely the weekend after Labor day...

[AKDejaVu]

AKDejaVu


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Tard.

You must hit McMinville and see the Evergreen Flight Museum too.  They have the Spruce Goose on display now.

I'm going to be taking Thursday and Friday of that week off (in conjunction with weekend after Laborday).  We should plan something for then.

AKDejaVu

[ 08-24-2001: Message edited by: AKDejaVu ]

[Ripsnort]

Ya, hopefully I will have gotten a 'call' by then, we'll speak to ya..

[Jammer]

Geez...it's hard to please the Airheads of the world... LOL
 

[rosco-]

Originally posted by Ripsnort:


I always get disco's overnite , Earthstink network.

 Getright. Resume downloading and redial if disconnected. Might take 2 nights then  

[Cleaner]

Creamo trim controls are left ctrl z/x for rudder, right ctrl up/down arrow elevator and right ctrl left/right arrow ailerons. If they did not include key map let me know i got a copy of it... Yak

[ra]

P-39 roll rate:

In America's Hundred Thousand there is a chart which compares the roll rates of most US fighters.  Above 200mph the P-39 rolls slower than the F6F, P51, P47, and P40.  So if you think Il-2's P39 roll rate is accurate, then you will love the other US fighters when they are modeled.

I love the FM of this sim but it needs tweaking.

ra

[Nash]

I guess I don't understand why they would feel a 6 view is impossible, but somehow you could inspect the cussion of your seat with great detail while in flight. I guess the lack of one view was for realism, but the other was simply showing off. - Deja

Yeah - but this is exactly what I don't understand. By letting you check 6 with a mouse, they're saying "yeah, it's possible". Yet they omitted a key for doing this while including every other view key. Having no 6 view at all is a pain in the arse - not fun. I am *not* going to learn how to fly with one hand on the joystick, and the other on a freaking mouse (a mouse!). As far as multiplayer goes, some will be using a mouse - and they will have quite an advantage.

[Creamo]

Ah ha Cleaner, ill try that thanks. I mapped the keys on the Saitek today for views, so getting a much better handle on the demo. Any suggestions for the 6 view? I can only get it with the mouse? Also, can the pan of the views be any quicker? Maybe beta testers know, but I assume it's supposed to model realistic head movment, but it's WAY to slow. I want my AH views.

And Rip, how in the hell can you hijack a thread called "IL-2 demo released" with another "I'm going to the store, does anyone live near Kmart? We can have a meeting + greet the AH community luncheon" and yet another whoopee plug about that new car? Buy it, make the outragous payment, and start a whole new thread on it. Can't see what it has to do with IL-2.

Amazing.

Oh, and one more addition for things good in IL-2. The freakin con trails are great! I mean really immesive, well done, and when AH gets them, it will be a good discussion about effects on icon ranges and realism. Im surprised no one mentioned that.

Even if I believe it will be just a good box sim, the features it will introduce will no doubt infuence AH. That's good. Real good.

[Drano]

Originally posted by Creamo:
[QB]Any suggestions for the 6 view? QB]

The only way I've gotten close to it is by using the snap views(toggle them by hitting F8) but you have to navigate your "head" by using multiple presses of the hat switch to get there. Its irritating and slow. I wish the pan views would work. If they didn't want to give you a **direct** 6 view then so be it--don't display one. But if I want to look back/left or right why not be able to simply pan that way? You can get that view on the keypad but back/left is KP1 and back/right is KP3. Irritating. Like someone already said--its kinda stupid to be able to check out your seat cushion but not your 6. Makes sense to me!

Mostly it just disorients me as that's how I've always looked around in flight sims. I'll get over it--or maybe THEY will.

So far that's one of my VERY few peaves about this demo. It rocks otherwise.

                  Drano

[Chaos68]

http://www.bluebyte.net/forum/eng/m.asp?bid=41&tid=122824&id=%27%27

Some screenies

[Yoj]

Say - did anyone see a stick calibration routine in IL2?  I found the page for adjusting the settings, but nothing to actually calibrate.  For some reason it sees my centered rudder as being half left, so all I can get is movement from center to full left.  Tough to fly that way    Rudder is set fine in AH - and everything else for that matter.  

- Yoj

[Drano]

Originally posted by Yoj:
Say - did anyone see a stick calibration routine in IL2?  I found the page for adjusting the settings, but nothing to actually calibrate.  For some reason it sees my centered rudder as being half left, so all I can get is movement from center to full left.  Tough to fly that way      Rudder is set fine in AH - and everything else for that matter.  

- Yoj

Yaknow I didn't see one either Yoj.  It shows my rudder as being SLIGHTLY left while the stick axii are centered. Its only slight in my case and I found messing with the scaling for it took most of it out--or made it worse. Give that a shot.

              Drano

[DeeZCamp]

hey You guys... Drano if you guys want to see a Very good example of how/why I use the mouse I will be MORE than happy TO send you a Track I recorded with it in an intense dogfight.

I urge you guys to see it even  

let me  and Ill send you the file..

-Deez